Marking for knife pleats. The knife pleat is considered to be the most basic pleat. You create a fold in the fabric at a predetermined width, and press in one direction on the right side of the fabric. Unlike other types of pleats, knife pleats always travel in a gang.
Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: transient (Noun). Something which is transient. transient (Noun). A transient phenomenon, especially an electric current; a very brief surge.
The contrast of transient is steady state. Steady state refers to a situation whereby which the system has settled such that its parameters are seemingly constant. Transient means conditions have most suddenly activated and all portions of the system are responding to the initial conditions. The general solution of a differential equation is an equation with several arbitrary parameters, each of which will become known once initial conditions and boundary conditions are known.